ArticleEpidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)2011
Effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on growth velocity of school-age Andean children.
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Abstract
backgroundHelicobacter pylori infection affects about half of the world's population and is usually acquired in childhood. The infection has been associated with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, and stomach cancer in adulthood. Little is known, however, about its consequences on child health. We examined the effect of H. pylori infection on growth among school-age children in the Colombian Andes by comparing growth velocity in the presence and absence of H. pylori infection.
methodsChildren who were 4-8 years old in 2004 were followed up in a community where infected children received anti-H. pylori treatment (n = 165) and a comparison community (n = 161) for a mean of 2.5 years. Anthropometry measurements were made every 3 months and H. pylori status ascertained by urea breath test every 6 months. Growth velocities (cm/month) were compared across person-time with and without infection, using mixed models for repeated measures.
resultsIn the untreated community, 83% were H. pylori-positive at baseline and 89% were -positive at study end. The corresponding prevalences were 74% and 46%, respectively, in the treated community. Growth velocity in the pretreatment interval was 0.44 (standard deviation [SD] = 0.13) cm/month. Models that adjusted for age, sex, and height estimated that H. pylori-positive children grew on average 0.022 cm/month (95% confidence interval = 0.008 to 0.035) slower than H. pylori-negative children, a result that was not appreciably altered by adjustment for socioenvironmental covariates.
conclusionsThis study suggests that chronic H. pylori infection is accompanied by slowed growth in school-age Andean children.
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